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ERIC Number: EJ235010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Oct
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Use of Concept Profile Analysis to Identify Difficulties in Solving Science Problems.
Gorodetsky, Malka; Hoz, Ron
Science Education, v64 n5 p671-78 Oct 1980
Proposed is a new method for analyzing how concepts are used in the process of problem solving in science. Through the use of a "thinking aloud" interview technique, 21 tenth-grade students worked with a problem concerning the boiling point of water at the Dead Sea. Interview protocols were analyzed to develop students' concept profiles. (DS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Problem Solving, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research